Most people are overweight and out of shape. Going to the gym is not an option for many, since the training is unsupervised. Motivation is really needed when you are with a group of people and have a common purpose to what you want to achieve.

Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and MMA are really good martial arts to work out to. Since the current craze of the UFC, MMA has been a very popular sport among people who are interested in fighting. While you are learning the martial arts, you will be burning a tremendous amount of calories per hour. Most people really don’t believe it till they experience it firsthand. Imagine if you are using every muscle in your body to attack and defend against your opponent. In most sports, you will only use 1 body segment at a time. For instance, in lifting weight, you would be only using your arms or legs. In Brazilian Jiu Jitsu, you will be using all of your body to control your opponent against any moves, and this what gets the whole body involved.

In MMA, you are learning to strike, kick, and clinch. Most of the calories are burned when you are clinching your opponent since you have to involve your whole body. This is why you rarely, ir never, see any mixed martial artist that is out of shape. Most have to use so many calories to involve themselves in the sparring session.

Training in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu will help you get fit, as well as, learn great self-defense. In this art, you are using every muscle in your body, and with that in mind, you can burn up to 800 calories per hour. More than any workout at any gym.

This art requires one to learn to defend the guard, pass the guard, and learning submissions. Submissions only comes when one understands the control one should have over their opponent. It is essential to stabilize the other opponent before applying the submission, otherwise the opponent will escape and you will have to start again.

Also, one has to be careful since there are so many moves with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. One can get confused, and pay attention to the basics which will carry them through to the next level. Many of the successful MMA fighters in the world started in Jiu Jitsu, and use that as their core martial art.

Learning the martial art is something special, and something that everyone should look into. Take care in evaluating an academy, and pick your programs wisely. Most schools are not supervised well, and you have to look at how they treat their students, their peers, and how they clean their school.
Look at the programs and start with something that is basic. Diving into an advanced program will only make you quit early and you will never give yourself a chance to participate in the martial arts.
Finding an instructor is also important, and paramount in furthering your skill in the world of the martial arts.